Matthew 16:25

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

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For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

In Context

24Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.

26For what does it profit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? What can a person give in exchange for his life?

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Cross References

Esther 4:14If you remain silent at this time, relief and rescue will rise up for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Who knows whether you have come to this royal position for such a time as this?”

Ecclesiastes 3:6There is a time to look for things and a time to stop looking, 1 a time to keep things and a time to throw away things, 1

Mark 8:35For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel, will save it.

John 12:25He who loves his life will lose it; but he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Revelation 12:11They conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, 1 for they did not love their lives even to death. 1

Matthew Henry on Matthew 16:25-28

The Value of the Soul. 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man… Read the whole commentary →

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